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Sunday, August 21, 2016

Psalm 97 ~ The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad!





Psalm 97



1 The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice;
let the many coastlands be glad!

2 Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
3 Fire goes before him
and burns up his adversaries all around.


4 His lightnings light up the world;
the earth sees and trembles.
5 The mountains melt like wax before the Lord,
before the Lord of all the earth.

6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
and all the peoples see his glory.


7 All worshipers of images are put to shame,
who make their boast in worthless idols;
worship him, all you gods!

8 Zion hears and is glad,
and the daughters of Judah rejoice,
because of your judgments, O Lord.
9 For you, O Lord, are most high over all the earth;
you are exalted far above all gods.

10 O you who love the Lord, hate evil!
He preserves the lives of his saints;
he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
11 Light is sown for the righteous,
and joy for the upright in heart.
12 Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous,
and give thanks to his holy name!





6,900,000,000,000 gallons of rain in one week

The catastrophic Louisiana flood is the worst natural disaster to strike the United States since Hurricane Sandy four years ago.

"Thousands of people in Louisiana have lost everything they own and need our help now," said Brad Kieserman, the Red Cross' vice president of disaster services operations and logistics.

"This disaster is the worst to hit the United States since Superstorm Sandy, and we anticipate it will cost at least $30 million -- a number which may grow as we learn more about the scope and magnitude of the devastation."

Tens of thousands without homes is testing local hospitals' operations, especially in light of reduced federal funding for hospital preparedness. The hospital system was full tilt ready from the experience from Hurricane Katrina Triage Hospital experience.

Officials at Medical Center-Baton Rouge, concerned storms might cause them to lose electricity, transferred about 57 critically ill patients to affiliated facilities across the state on Sunday.



1,000 Year Flood.

13 lives were lost.

We see that in the middle of disaster. Appropriate steps were learned and followed.

The devastating floods in Louisiana stretch over 20 parishes.

What created the pathway to so few deaths?







We all know this is a disaster. But where is the Joy in the few number of deaths. The willingness to get in the amazing rain and go out and help one another.

What causes people to risk the weather to help one another?


John 1 

4 In him was life,a and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

9The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.


Philippians 2

1 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,a 6who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,b 7but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant






Father God,

We need to see, understand, proclaim, and pray for recovery of Louisiana.

We need to take the time and say the grace was given in this 1,000 year flood. The rescuers who did not think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

In Louisiana we have seen,

One body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function,

They, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

6Having gifts of faith; service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.


This rescue was time and time again:

Genuine Love. Holding fast to what is good.

Loving one another with brotherly affection.

Let us not forget to outdo one another in showing honor.

Let us have zeal, be fervent in spirit, let us Serve the Lord. Seeing the Good. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. More prayer is needed for recovery.

Let us see them contributing to the needs of the saints and seeking to show hospitality.

We give thanks Father God, this is today and these are Your People. We ask for even more abilities to help people like this in need. And give thanks for the times we helped.

In Jesus. Amen.





♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †





Saturday, August 20, 2016

Ruth 2 ~ Favor in His Sight

Vintage Photo of Bethlehem
Ruth gleans in Boaz's field

Ruth 2


 Now Naomi had a kinsman on her husband's side, a prominent rich man, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain, behind someone in whose sight I may find favor."


 She said to her, "Go, my daughter." So she went. She came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers. As it happened, she came to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

 Just then Boaz came from Bethlehem. He said to the reapers, "The Lord be with you." 

They answered, "The Lord bless you."

 Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, "To whom does this young woman belong?" The servant who was in charge of the reapers answered, "She is the Moabite who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.

 She said, 'Please, let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the reapers.' So she came, and she has been on her feet from early this morning until now, without resting even for a moment."

Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Now listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women. Keep your eyes on the field that is being reaped, and follow behind them. I have ordered the young men not to bother you. If you get thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn." 


Then she fell prostrate, with her face to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take notice of me, when I am a foreigner?" 

But Boaz answered her, "All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before. May the Lord reward you for your deeds, and may you have a full reward from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge!"

 Then she said, "May I continue to find favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, even though I am not one of your servants."

At mealtime Boaz said to her, "Come here, and eat some of this bread, and dip your morsel in the sour wine."


 So she sat beside the reapers, and he heaped up for her some parched grain. She ate until she was satisfied, and she had some left over. 

When she got up to glean, Boaz instructed his young men, "Let her glean even among the standing sheaves, and do not reproach her. You must also pull out some handfuls for her from the bundles, and leave them for her to glean, and do not rebuke her."

So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. She picked it up and came into the town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gleaned. Then she took out and gave her what was left over after she herself had been satisfied. Her mother-in-law said to her, "Where did you glean today? And where have you worked? Blessed be the man who took notice of you." 


So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, "The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz." 

Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "Blessed be he by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!" Naomi also said to her, "The man is a relative of ours, one of our nearest kin." 

Then Ruth the Moabite said, "He even said to me, 'Stay close by my servants, until they have finished all my harvest.'" 

Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, "It is better, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, otherwise you might be bothered in another field."

 So she stayed close to the young women of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests; and she lived with her mother-in-law.



The Bible and history fit together. Setti II Pharoah of Egypt records fighting with a half brother called Moses. He is close in history to the beginning of the Iron Age. Judges 1 tells us Jerusalem is not conquered as the chariots are iron. Boaz is the son of Rahab the woman who helped the Exodus occur in Jericho. David brings history to life in the Psalms because this is still new history. The 14 generations record all this. History is horse shoes and these facts put this together.

Also interesting is the way God intricately fits lives together. Boaz understands how a foreigner needs help. His mother Rahab is a foreigner. He understands what having a different accent and dialect does to a foreigner. He has a soft place in his heart for people who help.

Father God has prepared his heart for the good works he is to walk in.

Even in times of trouble, we are given the opportunity to be blessed and have gratitude.

My mother is surrounded by people who want to share what old age is like. They want to comfort her and each other. Her neighbor goes to see her brother in law from a stroke and visits my mom. She waters my mother's plants every day.

It's distressing to see what isn't well yet, and we find reasons to cheer her on. She is talking this week, unlike last week. My mother is far from despair. There are reasons to rejoice.

Life doesn't always cater to us. In these times, we have to look at our blessings, sometimes with a pick and a shovel. Sometimes with a magnifying glass. God wants us to Expect His help.

God wants us to see one of our obligations is to find Joy in His making the day sufficient.

Ruth was a foreigner. With a bitter old woman, calling herself Bitter/Mara, picking in the fields. She was to share good fortune and in the blessing of sharing - to really be blessed.

The older generation is impressive. I've heard them say this is like living past the Black Plague and their determination to go forth with valor and helpfulness is something we don't talk about. This is a backbone of our nation and they are valiant.



Father God,

I am grateful to see such comforts. I am grateful Isaiah 55 says You Abundantly Pardon. In this Grace, mercies renew daily and we take up the journey with Joy, Faith, Hope and Love.

When we have worry or even sudden panic over immediate changes. God says do not burden yourselves too much. You are the Abba who gave to Jesus the ability to pick Peter up in the Sea of Galilee and get Peter into the boat. We want to be covered by Jesus all our lives in Your Strength.

In Your Words are Life. And in finding Your Words, we have Joy.

Bless this upon our loved ones, the people praying and this Nation. Your Yes. In Jesus we ask. Amen.





♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †







Friday, August 19, 2016

Isaiah 55 ~ Our God, for He will abundantly pardon

 

Isaiah 55


“Come, everyone who thirsts,come to the waters;
and he who has no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.


2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,
and your labor for that which does not satisfy?
Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good,
and delight yourselves in rich food.


3 Incline your ear, and come to me;
hear, that your soul may live;


and I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
my steadfast, sure love for David.

4 Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples,
a leader and commander for the peoples.

5 Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know,
and a nation that did not know you shall run to you,
because of the Lord your God, and of the Holy One of Israel,
for he has glorified you.

6 “Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;

7 let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God,
for he will abundantly
pardon.


8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.

9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.


10 “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven
and do not return there but water the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.


12“For you shall go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and the hills before you
shall break forth into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the Lord,
an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”







 
I had the great privilege to be sleepless last night and out of town. I went into the bathroom where the light would not disturb anyone and the Bible was opened. I sat upon the floor and felt nourished.





“Come, everyone who thirsts,come to the waters;
and he who has no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.


We were in town to fill out the Physical Rehabilitation admission papers for my mom. This was also her 83rd birthday.


2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,
and your labor for that which does not satisfy?
Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good,
and delight yourselves in rich food.

We had given her a birthday cupcake and the blood sugar test came in about 40 minutes after her cupcake. It was a small party. Her blood sugar was High. Time to rethink raw sugar. She received insulin.

3 Incline your ear, and come to me;
hear, that your soul may live;

Mother is continuing to be more deaf than hearing. Her old hearing aid was more a suggestion than an aid. It has been awhile since my mother called me for prayer. Church was hard for her, Her generation is not in Church due to old age, nursing homes and departure to Heaven.

This is a side effect of steroids and antibiotics during her Pneumonia. We are seeing a very upbeat Mother again. I don't think she has been this focused on wellness in a long time. Maybe her needs are more basic. I am praying for the Lord's Mercy to my mother.

and I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
my steadfast, sure love for David.

God is Love.

4 Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples,
a leader and commander for the peoples.

5 Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know,
and a nation that did not know you shall run to you,
because of the Lord your God, and of the Holy One of Israel,
for he has glorified you.

We are glorified knowing Abba wants us to Him for always. Heirs to His Promises.


6 “Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;

Today.


7 let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God,
for he will abundantly
pardon.


God's compassion on us is amazing.
He tells us in Proverbs only two people understand us. Ourselves and God.
God wants to save ... the world. We feel very safe judging the culture. God has compassion.
Abba is Love.


8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.

God does not need our voices, our works. Everything in the heavens and earth are His.
If we do not praise God, the rocks will cry out. God GIVES. Salvation and nothing ever offered
comes close to eternal Love.

God sees His creation as GOOD. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. God Gives. Jesus.
Nothing compares.
Nothing compares.
Nothing compares. To You. Abba.



9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.

God alone is good.








10 “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven
and do not return there but water the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;

The Word of God upholds - Life.
Isaiah stood in God's Temple and found awe and wonder for the Word of God.
Peter said The Word of God is Life.

it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

The Almighty. Ancient of Days. Lord of Lords. King of Kings.



12“For you shall go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and the hills before you
shall break forth into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

We have been from Dallas to Houston six times this month. For my mother's health.
The first trip Texas looked pretty green.

The second trip after a harsh August week, Texas looked ready to burn up and blow away. Rather a typical August Texas look. And I have to tell you that was depressing when your mother looks ready to dry up and pass away. Very depressing. And we have had more than a week of God's Blessings with rain. Texas looks exactly like Isaiah 55. And I wept with joy to read Isaiah 55. We listened to Christian music and watched green Texas, blue skies, grey skies, white clouds, grey clouds and dark clouds dance with the wind creating a symphony of color and texture in the fields and forests and plains of Texas. There is joy here.







13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the Lord,
an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”

We were headed home today. Where we have a Cypress to see from the back windows.
Our amazing 100 plus year Wax Myrtle came down during a prior hurricane. We kept the beauty sliced in logs that look like Birch Trees. And love to see them still. We do have white, pink and trying to grow again purple Crepe Myrtles.

Our home is home and we have had so many Bible Studies here. Thank God for our home.
Jesus is Lord.



Father God,

I am weary today and grateful. Remembering names is tiring when death has been asked to leave. I am pleased to pray for renewing of minds. For myself, Edward and my mom. There might be a mind or two to pray for in our group additionally. Can't we all use prayer - like a parched Texas has.

Praise Abba, Holy Spirit and Jesus for answered prayer. To Jesus and His Father we lift high our needs and concerns. We lift high those we love. We praise Jesus for being Love and hearing our prayers.

Thanks Be unto the Lord for the Gift of His Living Word. Abba. Jesus. Holy Spirit. Amen.




♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †









Thursday, August 18, 2016

1 Thessalonians 3 ~ that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father







1 Thessalonians 3


Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone, 2 and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker[servant]  in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith, 3 that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this. 4 For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, just as it has come to pass, and just as you know. 5 For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain.

6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you— 7 for this reason, brothers,[brothers and sisters] in all our distress and affliction we have been comforted about you through your faith. 

8 For now we live, if you are standing fast in the Lord. 9 For what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God, 10 as we pray most earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith?

11 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you, 12 and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you, 13 so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.



We have a place we love to have coffee. In fact the architecture and the trees look a lot like a place in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. And I was sitting alone waiting on coffee, etc. Thinking about all the clients I've done volunteer work for and with who were hurt by someone they dated, lived with or were divorced from. For the single people, I occasionally asked, what started this problem? And was told, life is pretty dull.

We also have a favorite place to breakfast, where two walls of windows open widely. And the wait person asks us, "What will you do for fun today?" Later she told me she is looking to find out what the community events are that day. However, really I think she is a voice of the Holy Spirit.

Endeavor or drudgery.

What will excite us about life today? What mercies renew and we are truly pleased. And give Father God the joy of our joy. The way children of all ages please their parents, mostly.



Father God,

Help us set our sails today to catch the Wind of the Holy Spirit sweeping us in the adventure You give us. Each day there is something. Walking the dog, who just about does cartwheels to get to go with his favorite person. Giving an 83 year old Mom a visit. Finding a lost object with help.

Hearing from your child far away. Waking up early and having eyes to see the sun come up through unusual Texas rain in August with mist and green, green colors.

Singing "Thank Heaven for Little Fits" as if you are Maurice Chevalier. Because Father God lets us have our temper. Thank God for His Word telling us about angry, anger and mad about 1500 times. So be angry and do not sin. It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Finding ways to express who we are honestly to You.

Feeling tossed by life circumstances and asking Jesus for Psalm 131 - to be held by Father God. Psalm 145:18 The LORD is near to all who call upon Him in truth.

Remembering with joy the people, past, present and future we are given as gifts in our lives.

God is Good. Truly Good. Thanking Father, our Abba, knowing He is present today to make our tomorrow something we do with more shoring up because God helps us do today.

Thank You, Abba, for hearing all our prayers. For the people we love, the near and far people all over the world, the past people, and the future people. Knowing our prayers cover this Nation and the people who want to know we all pray for the community world wide of believers and lovers of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Abba. Thank You. Jesus Thank You. Amen.

In all our distress and affliction we have been comforted about you through your faith. 8 For now we live, if you are standing fast in the Lord. 9 For what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God, 10 as we pray most earnestly.

Amen and Amen.



♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †


 





Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Daniel 12:1-3 ~ those who are wise




Daniel 12:1-3

“At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book.


 2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

 3 And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.


There are so many things to like about this brief few verses of Scripture. We find we will have a wonderful hope in our future. And we find the wise shall shine Like the brightness of the sky above; Like the stars forever. And Yet not as a star. An important distinction. Mufasa speaks so soothingly, movingly and beautifully of the kings shining in the sky. Scripture could support that thought; today we know space is cold, quiet and empty. We do not secure an empty place, but a place of Love in His eternal Kingdom of beauty. And in reality, we know we do not see all the stars and to exist as a star is sight out of mind.

The Bible repeats so many times, we learn the rapture occurs as  in the days Jesus walked among us as grace and truth.


Matthew 27: 54

They were filled with awe and said, “Truly this was the Son of God"

Our God is Lord of Hosts. In this passage we learn Michael is considered to be a a great prince. Do we really know if angels are archangels? 





1 Thessalonians 4:16
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ

Jude 1:9

But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”



This passage tells us of the end of time when good and evil collide. The fallen angels will let their righteous indignation fight because salvation comes to flawed human beings. A time of trouble.





 




 Popular culture tends to say God is not allowed to be angry.

Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.


Do you ask how to resist anger? As soon as you feel the slightest resentment, gather together your powers, not hastily or impetuously, but gently and seriously. For as in some law courts, the criers make more noise in their efforts to preserve quiet than those they seek to still, so, if we are impetuous in our attempts to restrain our anger, we cause greater discomposure in our hearts than before; and once thrown off its balance, the heart is no longer its own master.


-- St. Francis de Sales





 




God is Responsible for being the Host of Heavens, not just people, planets, solar systems.
 

Angels are part of the spiritual realm. Daniel 10:20 names angelic beings as 'the prince of Persia' and 'the prince of Greece,' and Daniel 10:21 and 12:1 speak of Michael as 'the great prince' who protect and guides the Children of Israel.

Revelation 16:5

And I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, “Just are you, O Holy One, who is and who was, for you brought these judgments.


Daniel 9:21
while I was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.


Hebrews 1:14

Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will
inherit salvation?







 



Father God is Busy. And yet, the Almighty, Ancient of Days, Lord of Lords has time for us. And is for keeping us safe.


2 Corinthians 10:3-6
For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 5 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, 6 being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.  


  




Deliverance and Salvation are works of the LORD GOD. Good to know Jesus, the Holy Spirit and Abba are for us.

Jonah 2:9
But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the LORD!”


Psalm 3:8
From the LORD comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. Selah


1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

 
 

Romans 10:9
Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

 




 





Father God,

Thank You for the people who have come out of these floods well. We pray for those who have not. For those who need to travel during this time.

We lift up Edward who is suffering physically today and ask for mercy and health for him until the day You have chosen for Edward to come home. We pray for his good health.

Thanking You for the prayers of people who care and love each other.

Continuing to lift up those who are in need physically. Our ears. For infections to clear up. For rest and sleep. For those who are enduring changes in life and will overcome. Strengthening families who are interwoven and need each other for all of life. That kindness, loyalty and goodness will be the points of valor in our lives.

Remembering we are all flawed and give to one another this grace, as grace has been given to us.

Lifting up life where we have concerns. For our loved ones to be covered, supported and lean to His Grace. For our communities, jobs, Churches and this Nation. Christians around the world. The strength of good employment. Joyful talents used and rewarded. We pray for Father God to help people use the talents He has richly placed in us.

Looking to Father God today to have Joy knowing this is always part of eternity. Our determination to fulfill our talents, mercy, goodness will make our tomorrow and our loved one's tomorrow better.


God has all the resources He needs.  His angels serve Him for His Pleasure. His Word alone as God causes and is the fulfillment of all His Promises.

In Jesus. Amen.




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We believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God. He has saved all who call upon His name and rely on Him for His Grace. The Scriptures are living & active and are for understanding the Lord Almighty. Biblical readings are chosen from the Ecumenical Christian Church and the Nicene Council, 325 A.D., approved Apocrypha. People remember not just from reading, but by sight and orally- an image has been added as well as audio readings. God tends to link the passages together with fascinates - this blogger, Anne-Laurel Gardere

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This blog is pretty simple, but for a reason. This blog isn't about agenda or me, it is for the joy and love to found by reading the Scriptures. Ultimately, it is you and the Lord.

The Scriptures are Father God's letter to you. He wanted you to know more, to know He loves you.

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Email registry at bottom.! “All Scripture is inspired by God” (2 Timothy 3:16). Men “moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God” (2 Peter 1:21). The Holy Spirit carried men along, moving and guiding them as they wrote in their own words what God wanted them to say. The Bible is unique; comprised of 80 separate books, & written over a period of thousands of years by more than 40 writers with one Author, spanning the centuries, different states of peace & war & different situations in life. The Bible answers the question: of who is God, who is man & what can their relationship can be. Although the Bible was written on perishable material and copied by hand for many centuries, its accuracy is not in doubt, proven by Dead Sea Scrolls and papyrus from 2,000 years. The Bible has survived persecution & criticism to be read with great interest in each generation. The Bible gives witness to the greatness of the Creator. A loving Father concerned for all of his creation. With each verse of the bible witnessing to God is love and the multitude & vastness of His attributes. The Bible was written for you. <><

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Who Jesus Is
1 Timothy 1:1-11 ~ God our Savior, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope
Matthew 16:13-20 ~ who do people say the Son of Man is?

Good News for us to remember and Think Upon
Animals are found in Heaven ~ 6 Prophets See Animals in Heaven

Anger, Jealousy=Trouble




The Bible explains the Bible, Prophetically

Bible - in your hand, today

Bible Accuracy



Blessing







Blessing our Father God

Blessing - unaware

Boundaries

Brothers
Christmas - His Word Upholds the Universe - December 25th


Psalm 135 ~ who is in your midst
John 1:1-14, 16, 29-51 ~ He was in the world

Details - Putting it all together and discovering it is about God

Psalm 108 ~ In triumph I will parcel out Shechem

Determine your own path, just love Him

Judges 16 ~ like any other man
John 4:43-54 ~ Doing what Jesus says


Earthquake

Every Day, Still Today
Today, Yesterday, Tomorrow


Exodus - History












Heavenly Hosts
His Messengers of Light












Elements of Nature Displaying HIS Glory
Exodus 40:16-38 ~ In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected.

I Decide What is Right and Wrong - God noticed this in the Garden of Eden from Eve

Individualism and Groups

It's the End of the World as We Know it, And I Feel Fine. (One of our most read posts.)
Grandpa - The Bible is Really the Life Story of People and
their Abba









Gates of Heaven


Gifts of God, all of us


Giving - God certainly is





























Glory


God sees His Creation as Good!!!


Gravity






















Good Friday

Gossip

Gratitude

Greatest

Grief, Forgiveness, Homecoming


Hated Emotion - Fear




































History - Is There History Showing Jesus was Alive - VERY EXTENSIVE HISTORY

Holiness


Holy Spirit ~ Manifestations

Homeward Bound, still a sojourner

Honey, Do this

Invitation
John 3:31-36 ~ that God is true

Israel - Destroyed Completely and Rebuilt. A sign of Jesus. Existing today.

Jesus clearly put a Foundation for His Resurrection to be Believed by the Multitudes of all of Israel and the Nations

Jesus and His Childhood Privacy
Nazareth - What Jesus did See Growing Up

John the Beloved Disciple


The Journey of Joseph


























Live It
Psalm 117 ~ Praise the Lord
Psalm 82 ~ rescue the weak and the needy
2 Samuel 4:1-12 ~ David answered
Hebrews 12 ~ Thankful
Psalm 31:3-8,17-21 ~ Thou hast redeemed me
Isaiah 40:1-11 ~ His reward is with Him
Matthew 13:31-32 ~ the birds of the air come and perch in its branches
Matthew 6:25-34 ~ your heavenly Father knows that you need
Luke 11:29-32 ~ Rise up
Psalm 126 ~ shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves
Luke 14:15-24 ~ there is still room
Joshua 1:1-9 ~ I am giving
Acts 5 ~ speak in the name of Jesus
John 1 ~ the Light shines
John 3:5-8 ~ born again
~ they went on from there and passed through Galilee
Judges 20 ~ Israel

Losing a Loved One - Passing ON

Revelation 21:22-27 ~ those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life

Not Being Tossed Back and Forth with Emotion
Ephesians 4 ~ speaking the truth in Love

Marriage
Romans 7:1-12 ~ bear fruit for God
1 Corinthians 7 ~ For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband
Genesis 37:12-24 ~ when Reuben
Psalm 143 ~ Your steadfast love
Psalm 86 ~ For great is your steadfast love

Media... taking it down the path
1 Corinthians 10 ~ Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God





Mercy, an Inseparable Component of Truth
Matthew 23:23-26 ~ clean
1 Samuel 12 ~ serve the Lord with all your heart
Matthew 22:34-40 ~ The great and first commandment. And a second is like it

Miscellaneous
Job 38 ~ Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
Psalm 19 ~ the heavens declare the glory of God
2 Kings 5:1-15 ~ a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper
1 Chronicles 13 ~ the Lord blessed the household of Obed-edom










Peace




Pharisee ~ Religion
Luke 11:42-46 ~ Woe to you Pharisees!


Pictorial Images of the 12 Tribes of Israel








Picture It


















Overcoming, with God's help!


Positive Attitude in Trouble




Prophets - the Law and the Old Men in Robes or People who Love the Lord. Flaws and Virtues. What They Sought in the Lord and What Drew Them to Him.



Praise



























Prayer

Psalm 91 ~ Prayer is always heard, God has an open door policy



Prayer Needs




Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words

Promises

Prosperity Gospel











Repeat and Repeat







Rest

Restore

Revelation 8:2
Seven Angels who stand before God

Revisionist History - Moses and Jeremiah said
there would be days like this
Deuteronomy 8
Jeremiah 23


Rock


SALVATION! What is needed?

Science - Blinded me - No - He Who Opens the Eyes of the Blind - With Science!!!

Second (3rd or 4th) Rate Seventh Level of Heaven

Seventh Level of Heaven







Shepherd

Smile!



Time Management





Life and Travels of Paul

Shroud

Transfiguration



True
The World Changed Rapidly after the first Easter



Trust Him

Uncomfortable Scripture

Video Game Player

Visual







Who is like our God?

Willingly

Works and Grace
Mark 1:4-11 ~ You are my beloved Son; with You I am well pleased

Worry

Wrathful, Nasty Old God from the Old Testament

Yahweh




Years - Thousands of Them are Yesterday in His Sight


80 Books of the Bible
Holy Spirit Approved by the First Council Nicaea and St. Nicholas
Included by the Essenes in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Today included by the Catholic Church
God wants to save the world.
The Apocrypha has Purpose; other cultures blend here.





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